Looking for the flu vaccine? You should still be able to find it in Washtenaw County.

The University of Michigan Health System, U-M Health Service, the Washtenaw County Public Health offices and several family practice health providers had the vaccine available as of Friday afternoon.

"Health care providers seem to have ample supply, so if you have that option of getting them from your health care provider, go that route," suggests Susan Cerniglia, a representative of Washtenaw County Public Health.

Pharmacies, many of which sold out of the vaccine last week due to high demand, have started restocking and busy stores— such as CVS Pharmacies downtown, at State Street, and the Walgreens Pharmacy on Jackson Avenue, have the vaccine in stock.

So far this season, three people in Washtenaw County have died after catching the highly contagious respiratory virus. As of Jan. 11, 76 people in the county had been hospitalized with influenza.

Health officials say it's not too late to get a vaccine.

Robert A. Winfield, U-M's chief health officer, says U-M's Health Service is seeing about 10 cases of flu a week. The U-M Health Service ran out of the vaccine earlier this week, but got a shipment of about 750 doses on Thursday.

The most common influenza strain patients are diagnosed with is H1N1. The number of cases started spiking right before Christmas, but Winfiled says Ann Arbor hasn't seen a full scale outbreak yet.

"We're not seeing a great many individuals," he said. "When we have been at a peak of an outbreak, we might see between 50 to 150 people in a month."

Cerniglia said the county has seen a slight increase in requests for the flu vaccine lately, but that overall requests are consistent with past years.

"At this point we haven’t seen a large increase in demand," she explained.

For people having trouble getting their hands on a vaccine, Winfield cautions that individuals keep their hands away from their mouth, washing and sanitizing them regularly.

He suggests that upon early signs of sickness, individuals see a doctor immediately. If a sick patient takes prescription medicine, such as Tamaflu, within 48 hours of getting the flu, the sickness is less likely to advance.